[B-Greek] Luke 19:13

Steven Lo Vullo slovullo at mac.com
Wed Sep 8 21:17:36 EDT 2004


On Sep 8, 2004, at 7:48 PM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:

> At 6:40 PM -0500 9/8/04, Steven Lo Vullo wrote:
>> On Sep 8, 2004, at 8:34 AM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>>
>>> At 2:52 PM +0200 9/8/04, Wieland Willker wrote:
>>>> Luke 19:13 KALESAS DE DEKA DOULOUS EAUTOU EDWKEN AUTOIS DEKA MNAS 
>>>> KAI
>>>> EIPEN PROS AUTOUS PRAGMATEUSASQE EN hW ERCOMAI.
>>>>
>>>> Some MSS read here the infinitive PRAGMATEUSASQAI, which makes it
>>>> indirect speech, but is this consistent with ERCOMAI?
>>>
>>> Wieland, I rather think that it is simply a matter of spelling--it's
>>> not
>>> really an aorist middle infinitive; remember that AI and E were
>>> pronounced
>>> the same. This is a fairly common orthographical "error" that I've
>>> found
>>> very, very common in my work in the Codex Bezae text of GMk.
>>
>> Carl, if we did have the infinitive in indirect speech here, would 
>> that
>> require ERCOMAI to be third person (ERCETAI)? It seems to me it would,
>> but I'm not totally sure.
>
> Yes, I think it probably would; to me that's the more reason to think 
> that
> PRAGMATEUSASQAI is not an aorist infinitive but a "homonym" for
> PRAGMATEUSASQE.

Yes, that would certainly seem to lend weight to your suggestion. And 
it also answers Wieland's question about whether an infinitive in 
indirect speech here would be consistent with the first person ERCOMAI. 
I don't think it would.
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Steven Lo Vullo
Madison, WI




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